Changes that requires code changes in other code of other storage engines.
(Note that all changes are very straightforward and one should find all issues
by compiling a --debug build and fixing all compiler errors and all
asserts in field.cc while running the test suite),
- New optional handler function introduced: reset()
This is called after every DML statement to make it easy for a handler to
statement specific cleanups.
(The only case it's not called is if force the file to be closed)
- handler::extra(HA_EXTRA_RESET) is removed. Code that was there before
should be moved to handler::reset()
- table->read_set contains a bitmap over all columns that are needed
in the query. read_row() and similar functions only needs to read these
columns
- table->write_set contains a bitmap over all columns that will be updated
in the query. write_row() and update_row() only needs to update these
columns.
The above bitmaps should now be up to date in all context
(including ALTER TABLE, filesort()).
The handler is informed of any changes to the bitmap after
fix_fields() by calling the virtual function
handler::column_bitmaps_signal(). If the handler does caching of
these bitmaps (instead of using table->read_set, table->write_set),
it should redo the caching in this code. as the signal() may be sent
several times, it's probably best to set a variable in the signal
and redo the caching on read_row() / write_row() if the variable was
set.
- Removed the read_set and write_set bitmap objects from the handler class
- Removed all column bit handling functions from the handler class.
(Now one instead uses the normal bitmap functions in my_bitmap.c instead
of handler dedicated bitmap functions)
- field->query_id is removed. One should instead instead check
table->read_set and table->write_set if a field is used in the query.
- handler::extra(HA_EXTRA_RETRIVE_ALL_COLS) and
handler::extra(HA_EXTRA_RETRIEVE_PRIMARY_KEY) are removed. One should now
instead use table->read_set to check for which columns to retrieve.
- If a handler needs to call Field->val() or Field->store() on columns
that are not used in the query, one should install a temporary
all-columns-used map while doing so. For this, we provide the following
functions:
my_bitmap_map *old_map= dbug_tmp_use_all_columns(table, table->read_set);
field->val();
dbug_tmp_restore_column_map(table->read_set, old_map);
and similar for the write map:
my_bitmap_map *old_map= dbug_tmp_use_all_columns(table, table->write_set);
field->val();
dbug_tmp_restore_column_map(table->write_set, old_map);
If this is not done, you will sooner or later hit a DBUG_ASSERT
in the field store() / val() functions.
(For not DBUG binaries, the dbug_tmp_restore_column_map() and
dbug_tmp_restore_column_map() are inline dummy functions and should
be optimized away be the compiler).
- If one needs to temporary set the column map for all binaries (and not
just to avoid the DBUG_ASSERT() in the Field::store() / Field::val()
methods) one should use the functions tmp_use_all_columns() and
tmp_restore_column_map() instead of the above dbug_ variants.
- All 'status' fields in the handler base class (like records,
data_file_length etc) are now stored in a 'stats' struct. This makes
it easier to know what status variables are provided by the base
handler. This requires some trivial variable names in the extra()
function.
- New virtual function handler::records(). This is called to optimize
COUNT(*) if (handler::table_flags() & HA_HAS_RECORDS()) is true.
(stats.records is not supposed to be an exact value. It's only has to
be 'reasonable enough' for the optimizer to be able to choose a good
optimization path).
- Non virtual handler::init() function added for caching of virtual
constants from engine.
- Removed has_transactions() virtual method. Now one should instead return
HA_NO_TRANSACTIONS in table_flags() if the table handler DOES NOT support
transactions.
- The 'xxxx_create_handler()' function now has a MEM_ROOT_root argument
that is to be used with 'new handler_name()' to allocate the handler
in the right area. The xxxx_create_handler() function is also
responsible for any initialization of the object before returning.
For example, one should change:
static handler *myisam_create_handler(TABLE_SHARE *table)
{
return new ha_myisam(table);
}
->
static handler *myisam_create_handler(TABLE_SHARE *table, MEM_ROOT *mem_root)
{
return new (mem_root) ha_myisam(table);
}
- New optional virtual function: use_hidden_primary_key().
This is called in case of an update/delete when
(table_flags() and HA_PRIMARY_KEY_REQUIRED_FOR_DELETE) is defined
but we don't have a primary key. This allows the handler to take precisions
in remembering any hidden primary key to able to update/delete any
found row. The default handler marks all columns to be read.
- handler::table_flags() now returns a ulonglong (to allow for more flags).
- New/changed table_flags()
- HA_HAS_RECORDS Set if ::records() is supported
- HA_NO_TRANSACTIONS Set if engine doesn't support transactions
- HA_PRIMARY_KEY_REQUIRED_FOR_DELETE
Set if we should mark all primary key columns for
read when reading rows as part of a DELETE
statement. If there is no primary key,
all columns are marked for read.
- HA_PARTIAL_COLUMN_READ Set if engine will not read all columns in some
cases (based on table->read_set)
- HA_PRIMARY_KEY_ALLOW_RANDOM_ACCESS
Renamed to HA_PRIMARY_KEY_REQUIRED_FOR_POSITION.
- HA_DUPP_POS Renamed to HA_DUPLICATE_POS
- HA_REQUIRES_KEY_COLUMNS_FOR_DELETE
Set this if we should mark ALL key columns for
read when when reading rows as part of a DELETE
statement. In case of an update we will mark
all keys for read for which key part changed
value.
- HA_STATS_RECORDS_IS_EXACT
Set this if stats.records is exact.
(This saves us some extra records() calls
when optimizing COUNT(*))
- Removed table_flags()
- HA_NOT_EXACT_COUNT Now one should instead use HA_HAS_RECORDS if
handler::records() gives an exact count() and
HA_STATS_RECORDS_IS_EXACT if stats.records is exact.
- HA_READ_RND_SAME Removed (no one supported this one)
- Removed not needed functions ha_retrieve_all_cols() and ha_retrieve_all_pk()
- Renamed handler::dupp_pos to handler::dup_pos
- Removed not used variable handler::sortkey
Upper level handler changes:
- ha_reset() now does some overall checks and calls ::reset()
- ha_table_flags() added. This is a cached version of table_flags(). The
cache is updated on engine creation time and updated on open.
MySQL level changes (not obvious from the above):
- DBUG_ASSERT() added to check that column usage matches what is set
in the column usage bit maps. (This found a LOT of bugs in current
column marking code).
- In 5.1 before, all used columns was marked in read_set and only updated
columns was marked in write_set. Now we only mark columns for which we
need a value in read_set.
- Column bitmaps are created in open_binary_frm() and open_table_from_share().
(Before this was in table.cc)
- handler::table_flags() calls are replaced with handler::ha_table_flags()
- For calling field->val() you must have the corresponding bit set in
table->read_set. For calling field->store() you must have the
corresponding bit set in table->write_set. (There are asserts in
all store()/val() functions to catch wrong usage)
- thd->set_query_id is renamed to thd->mark_used_columns and instead
of setting this to an integer value, this has now the values:
MARK_COLUMNS_NONE, MARK_COLUMNS_READ, MARK_COLUMNS_WRITE
Changed also all variables named 'set_query_id' to mark_used_columns.
- In filesort() we now inform the handler of exactly which columns are needed
doing the sort and choosing the rows.
- The TABLE_SHARE object has a 'all_set' column bitmap one can use
when one needs a column bitmap with all columns set.
(This is used for table->use_all_columns() and other places)
- The TABLE object has 3 column bitmaps:
- def_read_set Default bitmap for columns to be read
- def_write_set Default bitmap for columns to be written
- tmp_set Can be used as a temporary bitmap when needed.
The table object has also two pointer to bitmaps read_set and write_set
that the handler should use to find out which columns are used in which way.
- count() optimization now calls handler::records() instead of using
handler->stats.records (if (table_flags() & HA_HAS_RECORDS) is true).
- Added extra argument to Item::walk() to indicate if we should also
traverse sub queries.
- Added TABLE parameter to cp_buffer_from_ref()
- Don't close tables created with CREATE ... SELECT but keep them in
the table cache. (Faster usage of newly created tables).
New interfaces:
- table->clear_column_bitmaps() to initialize the bitmaps for tables
at start of new statements.
- table->column_bitmaps_set() to set up new column bitmaps and signal
the handler about this.
- table->column_bitmaps_set_no_signal() for some few cases where we need
to setup new column bitmaps but don't signal the handler (as the handler
has already been signaled about these before). Used for the momement
only in opt_range.cc when doing ROR scans.
- table->use_all_columns() to install a bitmap where all columns are marked
as use in the read and the write set.
- table->default_column_bitmaps() to install the normal read and write
column bitmaps, but not signaling the handler about this.
This is mainly used when creating TABLE instances.
- table->mark_columns_needed_for_delete(),
table->mark_columns_needed_for_delete() and
table->mark_columns_needed_for_insert() to allow us to put additional
columns in column usage maps if handler so requires.
(The handler indicates what it neads in handler->table_flags())
- table->prepare_for_position() to allow us to tell handler that it
needs to read primary key parts to be able to store them in
future table->position() calls.
(This replaces the table->file->ha_retrieve_all_pk function)
- table->mark_auto_increment_column() to tell handler are going to update
columns part of any auto_increment key.
- table->mark_columns_used_by_index() to mark all columns that is part of
an index. It will also send extra(HA_EXTRA_KEYREAD) to handler to allow
it to quickly know that it only needs to read colums that are part
of the key. (The handler can also use the column map for detecting this,
but simpler/faster handler can just monitor the extra() call).
- table->mark_columns_used_by_index_no_reset() to in addition to other columns,
also mark all columns that is used by the given key.
- table->restore_column_maps_after_mark_index() to restore to default
column maps after a call to table->mark_columns_used_by_index().
- New item function register_field_in_read_map(), for marking used columns
in table->read_map. Used by filesort() to mark all used columns
- Maintain in TABLE->merge_keys set of all keys that are used in query.
(Simplices some optimization loops)
- Maintain Field->part_of_key_not_clustered which is like Field->part_of_key
but the field in the clustered key is not assumed to be part of all index.
(used in opt_range.cc for faster loops)
- dbug_tmp_use_all_columns(), dbug_tmp_restore_column_map()
tmp_use_all_columns() and tmp_restore_column_map() functions to temporally
mark all columns as usable. The 'dbug_' version is primarily intended
inside a handler when it wants to just call Field:store() & Field::val()
functions, but don't need the column maps set for any other usage.
(ie:: bitmap_is_set() is never called)
- We can't use compare_records() to skip updates for handlers that returns
a partial column set and the read_set doesn't cover all columns in the
write set. The reason for this is that if we have a column marked only for
write we can't in the MySQL level know if the value changed or not.
The reason this worked before was that MySQL marked all to be written
columns as also to be read. The new 'optimal' bitmaps exposed this 'hidden
bug'.
- open_table_from_share() does not anymore setup temporary MEM_ROOT
object as a thread specific variable for the handler. Instead we
send the to-be-used MEMROOT to get_new_handler().
(Simpler, faster code)
Bugs fixed:
- Column marking was not done correctly in a lot of cases.
(ALTER TABLE, when using triggers, auto_increment fields etc)
(Could potentially result in wrong values inserted in table handlers
relying on that the old column maps or field->set_query_id was correct)
Especially when it comes to triggers, there may be cases where the
old code would cause lost/wrong values for NDB and/or InnoDB tables.
- Split thd->options flag OPTION_STATUS_NO_TRANS_UPDATE to two flags:
OPTION_STATUS_NO_TRANS_UPDATE and OPTION_KEEP_LOG.
This allowed me to remove some wrong warnings about:
"Some non-transactional changed tables couldn't be rolled back"
- Fixed handling of INSERT .. SELECT and CREATE ... SELECT that wrongly reset
(thd->options & OPTION_STATUS_NO_TRANS_UPDATE) which caused us to loose
some warnings about
"Some non-transactional changed tables couldn't be rolled back")
- Fixed use of uninitialized memory in ha_ndbcluster.cc::delete_table()
which could cause delete_table to report random failures.
- Fixed core dumps for some tests when running with --debug
- Added missing FN_LIBCHAR in mysql_rm_tmp_tables()
(This has probably caused us to not properly remove temporary files after
crash)
- slow_logs was not properly initialized, which could maybe cause
extra/lost entries in slow log.
- If we get an duplicate row on insert, change column map to read and
write all columns while retrying the operation. This is required by
the definition of REPLACE and also ensures that fields that are only
part of UPDATE are properly handled. This fixed a bug in NDB and
REPLACE where REPLACE wrongly copied some column values from the replaced
row.
- For table handler that doesn't support NULL in keys, we would give an error
when creating a primary key with NULL fields, even after the fields has been
automaticly converted to NOT NULL.
- Creating a primary key on a SPATIAL key, would fail if field was not
declared as NOT NULL.
Cleanups:
- Removed not used condition argument to setup_tables
- Removed not needed item function reset_query_id_processor().
- Field->add_index is removed. Now this is instead maintained in
(field->flags & FIELD_IN_ADD_INDEX)
- Field->fieldnr is removed (use field->field_index instead)
- New argument to filesort() to indicate that it should return a set of
row pointers (not used columns). This allowed me to remove some references
to sql_command in filesort and should also enable us to return column
results in some cases where we couldn't before.
- Changed column bitmap handling in opt_range.cc to be aligned with TABLE
bitmap, which allowed me to use bitmap functions instead of looping over
all fields to create some needed bitmaps. (Faster and smaller code)
- Broke up found too long lines
- Moved some variable declaration at start of function for better code
readability.
- Removed some not used arguments from functions.
(setup_fields(), mysql_prepare_insert_check_table())
- setup_fields() now takes an enum instead of an int for marking columns
usage.
- For internal temporary tables, use handler::write_row(),
handler::delete_row() and handler::update_row() instead of
handler::ha_xxxx() for faster execution.
- Changed some constants to enum's and define's.
- Using separate column read and write sets allows for easier checking
of timestamp field was set by statement.
- Remove calls to free_io_cache() as this is now done automaticly in ha_reset()
- Don't build table->normalized_path as this is now identical to table->path
(after bar's fixes to convert filenames)
- Fixed some missed DBUG_PRINT(.."%lx") to use "0x%lx" to make it easier to
do comparision with the 'convert-dbug-for-diff' tool.
Things left to do in 5.1:
- We wrongly log failed CREATE TABLE ... SELECT in some cases when using
row based logging (as shown by testcase binlog_row_mix_innodb_myisam.result)
Mats has promised to look into this.
- Test that my fix for CREATE TABLE ... SELECT is indeed correct.
(I added several test cases for this, but in this case it's better that
someone else also tests this throughly).
Lars has promosed to do this.
New prototype for get_auto_increment() (but new arguments not yet used), to be able
to reserve a finite interval of auto_increment values from cooperating engines.
A hint on how many values to reserve is found in handler::estimation_rows_to_insert,
filled by ha_start_bulk_insert(), new wrapper around start_bulk_insert().
NOTE: this patch changes nothing, for all engines. But it makes the API ready for those
engines which will want to do reservation.
More csets will come to complete WL#3146.
duplicate fields removed, st_mysql_storage_engine added to support
run-time handlerton initialization (no compiler warnings), handler API
is now tied to MySQL version, handlerton->plugin mapping added
(slot-based), dummy default_hton removed, plugin-type-specific
initialization generalized, built-in plugins are now initialized too,
--default-storage-engine no longer needs a list of storage engines
in handle_options().
mysql-test-run.pl bugfixes
Fixed BUGS:
#3300: "UPDATE statement with no index column in where condition locks
all rows"
Implement semi-consistent read to reduce lock conflicts at the cost
of breaking serializability.
ha_innobase::unlock_row(): reset the "did semi consistent read" flag
ha_innobase::was_semi_consistent_read(),
ha_innobase::try_semi_consistent_read(): new methods
row_prebuilt_t, row_create_prebuilt(): add field row_read_type for
keeping track of semi-consistent reads
row_vers_build_for_semi_consistent_read(),
row_sel_build_committed_vers_for_mysql(): new functions
row_search_for_mysql(): implement semi-consistent reads
#9802: "Foreign key checks disallow alter table".
Added test cases.
#12456: "Cursor shows incorrect data - DML does not affect,
probably caching"
This patch implements a high-granularity read view to be used with
cursors. In this high-granularity consistent read view modifications
done by the creating transaction after the cursor is created or
future transactions are not visible. But those modifications that
transaction did before the cursor was created are visible.
#12701: "Support >4GB buffer pool and log files on 64-bit Windows"
Do not call os_file_create_tmpfile() at runtime. Instead, create all
tempfiles at startup and guard access to them with mutexes.
#13778: "If FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0, one can create inconsistent FOREIGN KEYs".
When FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 we still need to check that datatypes between
foreign key references are compatible.
#14189: "VARBINARY and BINARY variables: trailing space ignored with InnoDB"
innobase_init(): Assert that
DATA_MYSQL_BINARY_CHARSET_COLL == my_charset_bin.number.
dtype_get_pad_char(): Do not pad VARBINARY or BINARY columns.
row_ins_cascade_calc_update_vec(): Refuse ON UPDATE CASCADE when trying
to change the length of a VARBINARY column that refers to or is referenced
by a BINARY column. BINARY columns are no longer padded on comparison,
and thus they cannot be padded on storage either.
#14747: "Race condition can cause btr_search_drop_page_hash_index() to crash"
Note that buf_block_t::index should be protected by btr_search_latch
or an s-latch or x-latch on the index page.
btr_search_drop_page_hash_index(): Read block->index while holding
btr_search_latch and use the cached value in the loop. Remove some
redundant assertions.
#15108: "mysqld crashes when innodb_log_file_size is set > 4G"
#15308: "Problem of Order with Enum Column in Primary Key"
#15550: "mysqld crashes in printing a FOREIGN KEY error in InnoDB"
row_ins_foreign_report_add_err(): When printing the parent record,
use the index in the parent table rather than the index in the child table.
#15653: "Slow inserts to InnoDB if many thousands of .ibd files"
Keep track on unflushed modifications to file spaces. When there are tens
of thousands of file spaces, flushing all files in fil_flush_file_spaces()
would be very slow.
fil_flush_file_spaces(): Only flush unflushed file spaces.
fil_space_t, fil_system_t: Add a list of unflushed spaces.
#15991: "innodb-file-per-table + symlink database + rename = cr"
os_file_handle_error(): Map the error codes EXDEV, ENOTDIR, and EISDIR
to the new code OS_FILE_PATH_ERROR. Treat this code as OS_FILE_PATH_ERROR.
This fixes the crash on RENAME TABLE when the .ibd file is a symbolic link
to a different file system.
#16157: "InnoDB crashes when main location settings are empty"
This patch is from Heikki.
#16298: "InnoDB segfaults in INSERTs in upgrade of 4.0 -> 5.0 tables
with VARCHAR BINARY"
dict_load_columns(): Set the charset-collation code
DATA_MYSQL_BINARY_CHARSET_COLL for those binary string columns
that lack a charset-collation code, i.e., the tables were created
with an older version of MySQL/InnoDB than 4.1.2.
#16229: "MySQL/InnoDB uses full explicit table locks in trigger processing"
Take a InnoDB table lock only if user has explicitly requested a table
lock. Added some additional comments to store_lock() and external_lock().
#16387: "InnoDB crash when dropping a foreign key <table>_ibfk_0"
Do not mistake TABLENAME_ibfk_0 for auto-generated id.
dict_table_get_highest_foreign_id(): Ignore foreign constraint
identifiers starting with the pattern TABLENAME_ibfk_0.
#16582: "InnoDB: Error in an adaptive hash index pointer to page"
Account for a race condition when dropping the adaptive hash index
for a B-tree page.
btr_search_drop_page_hash_index(): Retry the operation if a hash index
with different parameters was built meanwhile. Add diagnostics for the
case that hash node pointers to the page remain.
btr_search_info_update_hash(), btr_search_info_update_slow():
Document the parameter "info" as in/out.
#16814: "SHOW INNODB STATUS format error in LATEST FOREIGN KEY ERROR
section"
Add a missing newline to the LAST FOREIGN KEY ERROR section in SHOW
INNODB STATUS output.
dict_foreign_error_report(): Always print a newline after invoking
dict_print_info_on_foreign_key_in_create_format().
#16827: "Better InnoDB error message if ibdata files omitted from my.cnf"
#17126: "CHECK TABLE on InnoDB causes a short hang during check of adaptive
hash"
CHECK TABLE blocking other queries, by releasing the btr_search_latch
periodically during the adaptive hash table validation.
#17405: "Valgrind: conditional jump or move depends on unititialised values"
buf_block_init(): Reset magic_n, buf_fix_count and io_fix to avoid
testing uninitialized variables.
The patch adds DYNAMIC_ARRAY all_status_vars, which is now the
sole source of status information for SHOW STATUS. Status
variables can be added to and removed from the array dynamically.
SHOW STATUS command uses this array instead of static array
from mysqld.cc
Compatibility with the old, global list of status variables is
preserved in init_server_components(), where this global list is
simply appended to all_status_vars.
(MySQL plugin interface: status variables)
adding SHOW_FUNC, removing SHOW_some_specific_value,
only generic SHOW_LONG/SHOW_CHAR/etc are recognized.
changing to use SHOW_FUNC instead of ha_update_statistics
Removed include/Makefile.am and the reference to it.
Deleted db/db0err.h and db directory.
Check index column sizes in a better way (bug 13315).
Fixed comments for memory allocation functions and added
some extra checks. Adapted callers.
to crash".
Changes from snapshot innodb-5.0-ss52.
Note that buf_block_t::index should be protected by btr_search_latch
or an s-latch or x-latch on the index page.
btr_search_drop_page_hash_index(): Read block->index while holding
btr_search_latch and use the cached value in the loop. Remove some
redundant assertions.
Also fix 13778. When FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0 we still need to check that
datatypes between foreign key references are compatible.
Also added test cases to 9802.
The table opening process now works the following way:
- Create common TABLE_SHARE object
- Read the .frm file and unpack it into the TABLE_SHARE object
- Create a TABLE object based on the information in the TABLE_SHARE
object and open a handler to the table object
Other noteworthy changes:
- In TABLE_SHARE the most common strings are now LEX_STRING's
- Better error message when table is not found
- Variable table_cache is now renamed 'table_open_cache'
- New variable 'table_definition_cache' that is the number of table defintions that will be cached
- strxnmov() calls are now fixed to avoid overflows
- strxnmov() will now always add one end \0 to result
- engine objects are now created with a TABLE_SHARE object instead of a TABLE object.
- After creating a field object one must call field->init(table) before using it
- For a busy system this change will give you:
- Less memory usage for table object
- Faster opening of tables (if it's has been in use or is in table definition cache)
- Allow you to cache many table definitions objects
- Faster drop of table
into mysql.com:/home/mysql_src/mysql-5.1-merge-of-5.0
(2nd try; Pekka kindly accepted to fix storage/ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbtup/DbtupRoutines.cpp
and storage/ndb/src/kernel/vm/SimulatedBlock.cpp after I push).
Handlerton array is now created instead of using sys_table_types_st. All storage engines can now have inits and giant ifdef's are now gone for startup. No compeltely clean yet, handlertons will next be merged with sys_table_types. Federated and archive now have real cleanup if their inits fail.
"SELECT ... FOR UPDATE executed as consistent read inside LOCK TABLES"
Do not discard lock_type information as handler::start_stmt() may require knowledge.
(fixed by Antony)
Push the patch of Jan Lindstrom: better comments
ha_innodb.cc:
Partial fix for Bug #12263 : we let InnoDB always to perform a rollback on the trx object if MySQL closes a connection; but we do print a warning to the .err log if an InnoDB transaction was active; we may remove that print later, since the situation really is not a bug; MySQL just is not aware that some cursor operation started an InnoDB transaction
cursors for InnoDB. The idea of the patch is that if MySQL requests
a consistent read view, we open one when open a cursor, set is as the
active view to a transaction when fetch from the cursor, and close
together with cursor close. This patch is associated to bugs #11813,
#11832, and #11833. Contains after review fixes.
The idea of the patch
is that every cursor gets its own lock id for table level locking.
Thus cursors are protected from updates performed within the same
connection. Additionally a list of transient (must be closed at
commit) cursors is maintained and all transient cursors are closed
when necessary. Lastly, this patch adds support for deadlock
timeouts to TLL locking when using cursors.
+ post-review fixes.
Fix bug #10359 : the critical AUTO-INC bug in InnoDB; since reading of the auto-inc counter in an INSERT was not protected by the AUTO-INC table lock of InnoDB, two inserted rows could get the same value for the auto-inc counter, leading to a duplicate key error
Semi-synchronous replication for InnoDB type tables; before telling the client that a commit has been processed, wait that the replication thread has returned from my_net_send() where it sends the binlog to the slave; note that TCP/IP, even with the TCP_NODELAY option does not guarantee that the slave has RECEIVED the data - this is just heuristic at the moment; this is useful in failover: in almost all cases, every transaction that has returned from the commit has been sent and processed in the slave, which makes failover to the slave simpler if the master crashes; the code does not work yet as is, because MySQL should call innobase_report_binlog_offset_and_commit() in a commit; we will most probably return that call to 5.0.x, to make InnoDB Hot Backup and group commit to work again; XA code broke them temporarily in 5.0.3
most InnoDB threads are not terminated properly and the buffer pool is not flushed
to disk. Still no committed transaction is lost as we flush the logs to disk.
InnoDB does crash recovery at startup after this shutdown.
Using this shutdown in testsuite (mysql-test-run --mysqld=--innodb_fast_shutdown=2) saved 3 minutes (13% of total time).
